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Two-Stream Free Electron Lasers: General Properties

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Some general properties of the Two-stream Superheterodyne Free electron Lasers (TSFELs) as a new class of relativistic electronic devices have been studied. Including, their operation principles, design schemas, and peculiarities of mathematical description have been discussed.

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Kulish, V., Lysenko, A. & Savchenko, V. Two-Stream Free Electron Lasers: General Properties. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 24, 129–172 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021838618554

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